S. 5516

Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2026

Sponsor: Margaret Wood Hassan

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Sec. 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2026.

Sec. 2. Prohibition against food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS

(a) In general. Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the end the following:

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(1) The introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS.

(2) The term PFAS means a perfluoroalkyl substance or a polyfluoroalkyl substance that is man-made with at least 1 fully fluorinated carbon atom.

(b) Applicability. The amendment made by subsection (a) applies beginning on January 1, 2028.